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Skeletal System

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1. The most caudal of the three pairs of bones that make up the pelvis.






2. Skull bones; external bones of the cranium. These bones make up the 'forehead' region of the skull and contain the large frontal sinuses. The cornual process in horned animals is an extenion of this bone.






3. The epiphyseal plate of a long bone; located at the junction of the proximal and distal epiphyses with the diaphysis. Areas where long bones increase in length by the process of endochondral bone formation. When an animal reaches its full size - thes






4. The second cervical vertebra; it forms the atlantoaxial joint with the first cervical vertebra - the atlas.






5. The process of a vertebra that forms a synovial joint with an adjacent vertebra.






6. An immovable fibrous joint - such as the suture that unites most of the skull bones.






7. The joint between the femur and the tibia; called the knee joint in humans.






8. The large hole in the occipital bone through which the spinal cord exits the skull.






9. The soft material that fills the spaces inside the bones; two types of bone marrow are red bone marrow - which forms blood cells - and yellow bone marrow - which consists primarily of adipose tissue.






10. Skull bones that are part of the external bones of the cranium; located on the dorsal midline just rostral to the occipital bone.






11. A skull bone that is one of the external bones of the cranium; the caudal - most bone of the skull that forms the atlanto - occipital joint with the first cervical vertebra through the occipital condyles. The large foramen magnum in the occipital bon






12. A joint that allows only a rotary motion; the only true joint of this type is the atlantoaxial joint ('no joint').






13. The hormone secreted by the parathyroid gland that prevents the level of calcium in the blood from getting too low.






14. An alternate name for joint cavity.






15. The area of a bone that joins the head with the main portion of the bone.






16. The 'horn core' of horned animals; a process of the frontal bone. The hollow cavity within this process is continuous with the frontal sinus (the paranasal sinus of the frontal bone).






17. The fibrous membrane that lines the hollow interiors of bones.






18. Process on the cranial end of the second cervical vertebra (axis) that fits into the caudal end of the first cervical vertebra (atlas).






19. A toe that does not reach the ground - such as the first digit of dogs and cats and the rudimentary medial and lateral toes of cattle.






20. The smallest and most medial of the three pairs of bones that make up the pelvis; forms the cranial portion of the floor of the pelvis.






21. Secondary areas of growth in bones developing by the endochondral method; areas of bone development located outside the main portions of the carilaginous bone templates in a developing fetus.






22. The bones of the neck portion of the spinal column.






23. The sievelike area of the ethmoid bone through which the many branches of the olfactory nerve pass from the upper portion of the nasal cavity to the olfactory bulbs of the brain.






24. The single - dorsally projecting process of a vertebra.






25. A gliding joint in which two flat - articular surfaces rock on each other; this type of joint usually allows only the movements of flexion and extension.






26. An immovable joint; also known as a synarthrosis. The bones are firmly united by fibrous tissue; includes the sutures between the skull bones.






27. Skull bones that are part of the internal bones of the face; make up the caudal portion of the hard palate.






28. The paranasal sinus in the maxillary bones.






29. A bone of the sternum.






30. The joint movement whereby an extremity is moved away from the median plane.






31. One of two bones (the radius is the other) that form the antebrachium - or forearm; forms a major portion of the elbow joint with the distal end of the humerus.






32. Mature bone cells located in lacunae.






33. A joint motion whereby the distal end of an extremity moves in a circle.






34. One of the two bones (with the ulna) that form the antebrachium - or forearm; usually the main weightbearing bone.






35. The immovable fibrous joints that unite most of the skull bones; also known as synarthroses.






36. Membrane bone formation; the type of bone formation that occurs only in certain skull bones when bone froms in the fibrous tissue membranes that cover the brain of the developing fetus.






37. The bones along the central axis of the body; made up of the skull - hyoid bone - the spinal column - the ribs - and the sternum.






38. The shaft portion of a long bone.






39. Long bones of the axial skeleton that form the lateral walls of the thorax; dorsal portions are made of bone and form synovial joints with the thoracic vertebrae. Ventral portions are cartilage.






40. The process on the distal end of the distal phalanx of dogs and cats that is surrounded by the claw in the living animal.






41. A joint movement that consists of a twisting motion of a part on its own axis.






42. The cartilaginous disk located between the bodies of adjacent vertebrae; acts as a shock absorber for the vertebrae.






43. Skull bones that are part of the internal bones of the face; also known as the nasal conchae. Four thin - scroll - like bones that fill most of the space in the nasal cavity.






44. The bones of the carpus; consist of two parallel rows of short bones located between the distal ends of the radius and ulna and the proximal ends of the metacarpal bones.






45. The large process on the proximal end of the ulna that forms the point of the elbow; the site where the triceps brachii tendon attaches.






46. Another name for cancellous bone.






47. The fluid - filled potential space between the joint surfaces of a synovial joint; normally filled by synovial fluid.






48. The joint between the pelvis and the sacrum that joins the pelvic limb to the axial skeleton.






49. A skull bone; an internal bone of the cranium. This single bone is located just rostral to the sphenoid bone and contains the cribriform plate.






50. The visceral bone in the heart of cattle that helps support the valves of the heart.